Breaking Point

After Magdalene St. Michaels discovers Zoey Taylor and Lyra Law together, rules tighten until everyone feels the squeeze. Carter Cruise takes the brunt of the new restrictions. Ivy Wolfe keeps pushing back and denies any guilt over what she did. The pressure keeps rising until Carter finally snaps. After a vicious argument with Magdalene, she rings Aidra Fox at three a.m. and tells her to come over. Aidra arrives, and in the warm spill of bedroom lamplight Carter reclaims herself. She strips without hesitation, presses her bare skin to Aidra’s, and rides the ache until they’re both spent. She kisses and touches like time will steal Aidra back at any second.